Monthly Archive: May 2012

The Frontline Club published its interesting freelancers survey about safety this week. We will get back to the subject of safety on the GRNLive blog soon, but this week I would like to address something we found quite striking before we even reached the main findings. One of the questions asked of the 171 freelancers …

Interesting observations about the future of journalism in Bill Grueskin, Ava Seave, and Lucas Graves‘s Introduction to their series of articles The Business of Digital Journalism in Columbia Journalism Review. We found some of their comments hit a cord in our heart, as anybody familiar with GRNlive, or who has been following this blog, could …

The word expat always makes the chip on my shoulder rattle a bit. That’s a pity because it is one of the favourite words amongst commissioning foreign news editors. The “expat” in question is not necessarily of the same nationality of the person using the term. More often than not in the news business it …

At an age where anybody can take pictures and videos and everybody, with the sole global exception of aisy mother, can upload and broadcast materials from their own living room (or indeed, bedroom), to anybody who cares to watch, the borders between journalists and sources tend to blur. This subject has been addressed here before, …

Live broadcast, by its nature, has its funny moments, whether in studio or out in the field. Equipment not working, mics that should be off suddenly coming to life, props collapsing, or wild animals breaking into the frame, and it is all hilarious, as long as it happens to another reporter or another broadcaster. All …

Independent.ieWATCH: Anger after anti-immigrant senator wears a burka in parliamentIndependent.ieAn Australian senator provoked an angry backlash from politicians by wearing a burka in Parliament on Thursday as part of her campaign for a national ban on Islamic face covers. Pauline Hanson, leader of the anti-Muslim, anti-immigration One Nation ...An Australian senator wore a burqa in […]

BBC NewsWhy the fuss over Confederate statues?BBC NewsIts been over 150 years since the last shots were fired in the US Civil War, but a debate still rages over how history will remember the losing side. Hundreds of statues dedicated to the Confederacy - the southern states which revolted against the US ...Confederate memorials: An excuse […]

Financial TimesSouth Africa issues 'red alert' to prevent Mugabe's wife leavingFinancial TimesSouth African police have issued a “red alert” to prevent Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's wife from leaving the country after she was accused of assaulting a model with an electrical chord. The whereabouts of Grace Mugabe, a potential successor to ...South Africa borders on 'red […]

NewsweekChina: US Military Damaged Mutual Trust With 'Wrong' Actions on Missile Defense and South China SeaNewsweekA high-ranking Chinese military official criticized U.S. actions in the Pacific as detrimental to the “mutual trust” between the countries' militaries. Fan Changlong, a vice chairman of the Chinese Central Military commission, made the remarks on ...North Korea crisis: War […]

ReutersRape victim, 10, delivers baby after Supreme Court bars abortionReutersMUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A 10-year-old rape victim who was denied an abortion by India's top court gave birth on Thursday in a case that has drawn outrage about the sexual abuse of children. The girl did not know she was pregnant and was ...Indian rape […]

SFGateThe Latest: French president supports counter-protestersSFGateCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that erupted into deadly violence (all times local):. 10:30 a.m.. French President Emmanuel Macron is offering support for counter-protesters in what ...Emmanuel Macron's power struggle with the militaryNew StatesmanWhat French President Macron's Dispute With Chinese Trade […]

The Independent'Front brake would not have made a difference' in case of cyclist who killed mother-of-two, court hearsThe IndependentA young cyclist accused of killing a mother-of-two by ploughing into her on a racing bike claims having a front brake would have made no difference. Charlie Alliston, then aged 18, was allegedly going 18mph when he […]

Irish ExaminerLatest: Ballymun shooting victim named; Gardaí had warned target of threat to his lifeIrish ExaminerUpdate 11.18am: The mother of six killed in yesterday's shooting in Ballymun has been named locally as 48-year-old Antoinette Corbally. Also, the target of the shooting in Balbutcher Drive had been warned by Gardaí that there was a threat to […]

Editorial: Why is it so hard for Trump to denounce white supremacy?Roanoke TimesPresident Trump's latest remarks on the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville are so egregious and so far out of the mainstream of normal political thought that they require a point-by-point response. REPORTER: Why did you wait so long to denounce ...and more »